Abstract
This study analyzed homemaker parents’ (HPs) and nursery-school parents’ (NPs) narratives and investigated their handling and consciousness regarding acts of rebellion by their 1- to 2-year-old children based on video-cued multivocal ethnography.
Our results indicated that HPs waited for children, whereas NPs negotiated with their children about how to deal with the situation. Time had the most influence on HPs’ reactions, whereas time and coping capacity had the most influence on NPs’ reactions. In terms of their understanding of rebellious acts, HPs relied on self-reflection, whereas NPs relied on educational policy. Both HPs and NPs discussed negative feelings; only HPs mentioned positive feelings. Differences in the narratives of HPs and NPs were associated with the length of time they spent with their children and with lifestyle differences.
